Bel Kaufman Quotes
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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The entertainment industry isn't a line of work encouraged in the Persian culture. When I called my dad to say I wanted to quit medicine, there was about three minutes of silence. I'm not sure he knew what to do with himself!
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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To me, my business is my life.
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Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast.
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The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.
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This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.
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I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?
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Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.
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'Tell me, did they specify ’asshole’ on the job description, or did you take a course?'
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I don’t like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with - that’s the way I was raised - but I just can’t see what’s so wrong about being gay.
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When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.
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Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.
